Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about London

London’s Protected Bike Lanes Move People 5 Times More Efficiently Than Car Lanes

By Michael Andersen | Nov 29, 2017 | No Comments

London's new protected bike lane network has made Upper Thames Street much, much more efficient -- because it gave more Londoners a way to comfortably move through their city in a way that requires less public space.

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To Reduce Pollution, London Will Outlaw Parking Construction

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 28, 2017 | No Comments

Saying London needs to get "bolder" about reducing reliance on cars, London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced today that the city will ban the construction of new parking spaces in home and office developments in large parts of the city.

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These London Trains Have Real-Time Displays to Reduce Crowding

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 3, 2017 | No Comments

Sometimes it’s astounding how rider-friendly transit service has become in other countries compared to America.

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Transportation Vision: Add a Million People While Cutting Traffic By 3 Million Miles Each Day

By Stephen Miller | Jun 21, 2017 | No Comments

London Mayor Sadiq Khan's new transport strategy lays out a vision for how his city, expected to add 1.5 million people by 2041 on top of its current 9 million residents, will keep people moving while reducing pollution and improving quality of life. The big idea: Cars are the problem, not the solution.

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London Is Going to Ban the Deadliest Trucks From Its Streets

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 21, 2016 | No Comments

Heavy trucks with big blind spots are a deadly menace to cyclists and pedestrians. In Boston, eight of the nine cyclist fatalities between 2012 and 2014 involved commercial vehicles, according to the Boston Cyclists Union [PDF]. Between June and September this year, there were six cyclist fatalities in Chicago, and all six involved heavy trucks. In New York City, drivers […]

Behold the Transport for London Traffic Collision Map

By Brad Aaron | Jul 27, 2016 | 1 Comment

As City Hall staffers work on improvements to Vision Zero View, hopefully they’re taking cues from Transport for London’s collision map. Launched last September, the TfL map “shows traffic collisions that resulted in personal injury and were reported to the police” from 2005 through 2015. Some features of the TfL map that Vision Zero View doesn’t currently have: Crashes are […]

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